As the agency indicates, the loss is 165 thousand barrels per day.
“The operations at Petroamazonas’s three oil blocks ... cannot be fully restored due to security breaches in this area. The oil company believes that if the situation continues, losses in oil production will reach 165 thousand barrels per day, ”the statement said.
According to the ministry, on October 7, unknown persons forcibly entered the company's facilities and made oil production at three fields stopped.
Earlier, Ecuador’s president, Lenin Moreno, said government officials were leaving the capital of Quito after mass protests.
On October 3, the head of Ecuador announced the introduction of a state of emergency due to protests that began after the government took economic measures.